Welsh Government reviews procedures after badger cull data breach

The Welsh Government is reviewing its procedures after it mistakenly released the names of farms involved in the badger cull.

It blamed an "administrative error" for the mistake which saw an "element of personal data" published in response to a freedom of information request.

Anti-cull campaigners Stop the Welsh Cull published on Facebook what it claimed were the names of three farms where the Welsh Government culled five badgers last year.

The group claimed it had been able to identify the names and locations of the three Welsh farms involved in the targeted cull.

In the posting, the group said: "We can now reveal the three farms where the Welsh Government killed five badgers in 2017 at a cost of over £380,000 with badgers testing positive using a rubbish test but confirmed negative for bovine TB at post mortem.

"Documents released as a result of a Freedom of Information request show the detailed work plan drawn up by the Animal and Plant Health Agency for each of these farms, including their names.

"Operations may have already started at these farms this year. We are asking people to monitor activity at these farms, looking for unusual activity that could indicate killing has restarted and let us know.